Results for "Steve Swell"

John Blum and Jackson Krall: Duplexity

by Troy Dostert
September 30, 2020

A pianist of undeniable virtuosity and uncompromising intensity, John Blum has impressed free-jazz aficionados since the early 2000s with his uniquely potent approach to his instrument. One can easily hear the influence of Cecil Taylor in his ferocious, jaw-dropping power; but just as important are his ties to earlier pianists. There is just as much Art ...

Matthew Jacobson: Rituals Of Sound And Time

by Ian Patterson
May 19, 2020

For someone whose livelihood and lifeblood are all about rhythms, the COVID-19 lockdown, with its very different rhythms, must be extremely frustrating. Especially when, as is the case with Matthew Jacobson, renowned drummer, composer, promotor and record label manager, there is no drum kit in his Dublin apartment. “I've been doing more work on ...

Whit Dickey: Tao Quartets: Peace Planet & Box of Light

by Giuseppe Segala
March 5, 2020

Possiamo dire che l'assioma secondo il quale tutti i jazzisti sono sottovalutati, non sia poi così paradossale. Parliamo naturalmente dei musicisti che mettono al primo posto del loro operato il fare artistico e non la realizzazione di un prodotto solo ben accetto sul mercato. Spesso ci troviamo di fronte a musicisti che subiscono tale disattenzione in ...

Dave Sewelson: More Music for a Free World

by Troy Dostert
March 4, 2020

While baritone saxophonist Dave Sewelson may not be as widely-recognized as those whose company he regularly keeps, this long-standing veteran of William Parker's Little Huey Orchestra and the Microscopic Sextet has long been a force in wielding his weighty axe, lending lower-end punch with vigor and dexterity for several decades. Here he's reunited with Parker, drummer ...

chuffDRONE, Treesearch & Mark Segger

by Maurice Hogue
February 12, 2020

This episode is a mixed bag of some newer releases and some recent ones definitely worthy of revisiting. The Austrian quintet chuffDrone takes an interesting approach to its highly polished improvisation, while the duo of bassist Rob Clutton and saxophonist Tony Malaby create an album of gems on Offering; it's the kind of personal connection that ...

Steve Swell

Born: December 6, 1954

Born in Newark, NJ, Steve Swell has been an active member of the NYC music community since 1975. He has toured and recorded with many artists from mainstreamers such as Lionel Hampton and Buddy Rich to so called outsiders as Anthony Braxton, Bill Dixon, Cecil Taylor and William Parker. He has over 30 CDs as a leader or co-leader and is a featured artists on more than 100 other releases. He runs workshops around the world and is a teaching artist in the NYC public school system focusing on special needs children.

Steve was nominated for Trombonist of the Year 2008, 2011 & 2022 by the Jazz Journalists Association, was selected Trombonist of the Year 2008-2010, 2012, 2014-2021 & 2023 by the magazine El Intruso of Argentina and received the 2008 Jubilation Foundation Fellowship Award of the Tides Foundation. The Downbeat Critics Poll selected him for the Trombone category in 2010-2018 & 2020-2023.

Steve Swell / Robert Boston / Michael Vatcher: Brain In A Dish

by John Sharpe
January 7, 2020

It is hard to think of a more complete trombone player on the scene than Steve Swell. While a go-to sideman for the likes of William Parker, Ken Vandermark, Jason Kao Hwang and Tim Daisy, he has also amassed a significant body of work over the years in his own right. Although his output has featured ...

Tao Quartets: Peace Planet & Box of Light

By Whit Dickey

Label: AUM Fidelity
Released: 2019
Track listing: Peace Planet; Seventh Sun; Ancient Monument; Suite for DSW; Blossom Time; Eye Opener; Ellipse: Passage Through; Ethereality; Box of Light; Rotation Steps; Jungle Suite.

Brain In A Dish

By Steve Swell

Label: NoBusiness Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: Brain In A Dish; New Use For Old Neurons; Feed Me!; Just Another Alogism; Tastier Than Oranges; No Heavy Perfumes; How Do You Like Yours?; Fried Or Roasted?; See Our Ad; Trepanation Trepidation; Psychopath In A Church Pew.

Steve Swell, Ziv Taubenfeld & Ivo Perelman

by Maurice Hogue
December 25, 2019

This episode carries on from the previous, playing music from a some of the important independent labels that keep creative music alive. ESP-Disk has been around, survived one crash in the 80s, and is still releasing great music. Son Of Local Colour is a 50-year-later follow up to English pianist Peter Lemer's original Local Colour album ...